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In return forתַּחַתmy loveאַהֲבָתִיthey accuse me;יִשְׂטְנוּנִיbut I,וַאֲנִיprayer.תְפִלָּה
Psalms 109:4
Study it in the app“In return for my love they accuse me; but I, prayer.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 109:4, word by word
- my loveאַהֲבָתִahavati
love
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
Where else “ahavati” appears- they accuse meיִשְׂטְנוּyistnu
oppose, accuse
To oppose, to accuse: to set oneself against someone. "Satan", "the adversary", comes from this root.
Where else “yistnu” appears- prayerתְפִלָּהtefila
prayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefila” appears
Translation note
“But I, prayer”: so the Hebrew says, in three words; it can be understood that he gives himself to prayer.
The context
3And with words of hatred they have surrounded me, and fought against me without cause.
4 · This verse (above)
5And they have laid on me evil in return for good, and hatred in return for my love.